This is Lyndon Baines Johnson's speech "Let Us Continue," on the occasion of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 27, 1963; it is offered in a You Tube Video, an mp3 audio, and in text. [6:11]

This is the audio mp3 and text of Robert F. Kennedy's speech on June, 6, 1966 on the occasion of Affirmation day for South Africa.

This is the text of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, "A House Divided" concerning the issue of slavery it was delivered on June 16, 1858, in Springfield, Illinois. It includes his famous quote: "A house divided against itself cannot...

This is the text and audio of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop" delivered on April 3, 1968, at Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), in Memphis, Tennessee.

This article discusses the use of rhetoric in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and the young Shakespeare's likely education in the art of rhetoric. In Julius Caesar, rhetoric is used to exert power over the commoners, to recruit...

This is the text and audio of Albert Einstein's speech at the fifth Nobel anniversary dinner on December 10, 1945, at the Hotel Astor in New York City.

This is the text of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, "The Gettysburg Address," delivered November 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This page also offers audio readings by six famous people: Johnny Cash, Jeff Daniels, Jim Getty,...

This multi-session lesson features the opportunity to analyze a variety of famous speeches. Students will look carefully at tone, rhetoric, propaganda techniques, and historical context as they write an analysis paper....

This is the text of Robert La Follette's speech to the Senate, "Free Speech in War Time" delivered on October 6, 1917, in the U.S. Senate Chamber, in Washington, D.C.

This site is provided for by the Brigham Young University. Almost anything you would want to know about rhetoric and speech is here with great examples and explanations. Intended for a college-level audience, but plenty for younger...

This is a practice activity to see if students can identify the writer's rhetorical context.

How do you get what you want, using just your words? Aristotle set out to answer exactly that question over two thousand years ago with a treatise on rhetoric. Camille A. Langston describes the fundamentals of deliberative rhetoric and...

This site from EdChange.org gives the speeches of many American speakers on various topics related to social justice.

An interesting approach to how to analyze a speech. Presents a rhetorical pentangle as well as a rhetorical triangle, where each of the vertices represents an item to analyze. There is also an outline of the different areas to examine in...

Wonderful exercise uses lines from Book II of Vergil's "Aeneid," to test mastery of rhetorical devices that pertain to syntax. Encourages practice of many skills.

This lesson focuses on the parts of effective speeches: introduction, body, conclusion and analyzing a contemporary speech. It discusses types of introductions, types of effective conclusions, and the steps to writing a good speech. It...

An excellent online resource that contains a large collection of links to speeches and rhetorical artifacts all pertaining to September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America. Presented in a timeline of events with material in audio,...

This lesson focuses on John F. Kennedy's speech, "We Choose to go to the Moon," delivered at Rice University on September 12, 1962. It features links to JFK's biography and Wikipedia entry, the National Geographic: "Moon 101" video, the...

Analyze the persuasive impact of rhetorical structures and devices in famous speeches.

This is the text and audio of Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory speech as Governor of California delivered October 8, 2003, in Los Angeles, California.

This is the text, audio, and video [4:02] of Ronald Reagan's speech, "A Time for Choosing" (aka "The Speech"), which aired on October 27, 1964, in Los Angeles, California.

This is the text and audio of Abraham Ribicoff's speech nominating G. McGovern for President delivered on August 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

This is the text, audio, and video of General Ann E. Dunwoody's speech upon her promotion to 4-Star General.

This is the text of Huey P. Long's radio speech entitled "Every Man a King" delivered on February 23, 1934.